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But the app has become notorious as some people are using it to stream pirated entertainment which has been illegally copied.

Kodi has been at the centre of a huge campaign by copyright owners to shut down these pirate streams over the past year, which has resulted in many of the most popular add-ons disappearing from the service.

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The campaign has also targeted unscrupulous retailers, who sell set-top boxes pre-loaded with third party Kodi add-ons that offer instant access to pirated content.

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Kodi was originally designed to allow users to watch video and TV on their games console so this announcement has been described as a "homecoming" for them.

The Xbox One app has been in the works since the end of 2016, and is available to download now through Windows and the Xbox Store.

A spokesperson for Kodi said: "We were aware from the beginning there would be limitations when the work started however that never kept us from realising that dream of becoming once again available on the device that started it all.